Cars in the Fast Lane

The Bugatti Veyron is a supercar designed by Volkswagen, it is fastest accelerating and most expensive car in the world.

It is powered by a W16 (that’s two V8s) engine that produces 1001 horsepower and has 4 turbochargers.

It accelerates from 0-60 in 2.46 seconds and 0-100 in 5.5 seconds and has a top speed of 253 mph.

It’s 1/4 mile time is 10.2 seconds at 143 mph.

Not only was the Ferrari F430 one of the most powerful supercars on the market, the Ferrari F430 GT2 has just been released.

The changes are very few; mainly because the previous year’s model was an a spectacular success. Hey, don’t fix what doesn’t need to be changed. It won the GT2 titles in both the FIA GT series and the American Le Mans Series, all while the F2007 took the Formula One title.

[Source: Autoblog]

The Gaydon design center unveiled Aston Martin’s V12 Vantage RS Concept, which accelerates 0-62 mph/h in 4.0 sec.  Unveiled at the opening of their design center in Gaydon, Ulrich Bez told onlookers the 600 horsepower concept car reaches 160 kmh in about 8.5 seconds.  The Vantage reaches peak horsepower (600 hp) at 6250rpm, while 509 ft-lb of torque (690Nm) comes at 5000rpm.

With the ‘08 Motorsports season approaching, Porsche has upped the hp to 420 bhp from 400 for it’s 911 GT3 Cup.  It has the 3.6-litre six-cylinder boxer engine developed in Weissach and is also based on the street-legal GT3.

The competition Porsche is around 40lbs lighter  and weighs about 2530lbs, making it an extremely light and agile contender.

Expect the 2009 Corvette to be powered by a supercharged version of the 6.2 Liter LS3 V8 which features a unique integrated twin intercooler that sits on top of the supercharger.

The engine is thought to be blue because of the “Blue Devil” moniker that the car is code-named.

Expect it to produce an excess of 650hp, although no official specifications have been released.